• Functionality Overview
  ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 is supremely intelligent, accurate and scalable data capture and document processing system. It provides a single entry point to automatically transform the stream of different forms and documents of any structure and complexity to usable and accessible data ready to be exported into your business applications and databases
  
  
  ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 is intended for high-volume automated processing of any kind of documents including
  
  

  • fixed forms (questionnaires, surveys, tests, tax returns, and application forms);
  • semi-structured documents (invoices, purchase orders, explanations of benefits, and receipts);
  • unstructured documents (contracts, letters, and articles).

  The documents are classified, recognized, verified and transferred into reliable, accurate, searchable and highly structured electronic data critical to business processes.
  

  ABBYY FlexiCapture provides powerful set-up tools and flexible processing workflow to accomplish document processing tasks of any complexity.

• Importing
  FlexiCapture is compatible with a wide range of scanning devices supporting TWAIN, ISIS and WIA scanning protocols.
  
  The new version offers remote document capture which ideally suits the needs of enterprises with distributed locations or remote business processes that prefer scanning documents at the point of their entry and importing them directly into the application for further centralized processing.
• Automatic Documents Classification
  FlexiCapture identifies the document type and assembles one- and multi-page documents out of the mix of pages using advanced ABBYY technologies, which allow automatic classification of documents with variable layouts of any complexity including:
  
  

  • Multi-page documents;
  • Documents with variable number of pages;
  • Documents containing multi-page tables;
  • Documents with image or text attachments.
• Data and Text Extraction
  FlexiCapture accurately extracts data and text from the fields specific for each document type using ABBYY award-winning multi-language recognition technologies. It offers:
  
  

  • OCR for more than 180 languages including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese;
  • ICR for hand-printed text for over 110 languages;
  • Checkmark recognition for a wide spectrum of checkboxes;
  • Barcode recognition for a variety of 1-d and 2-d barcodes.
• Automated Validation of Data
  FlexiCapture provides a set of predefined validation rules to ensure data correctness. By applying these rules data can be automatically checked against a database, checked to satisfy the format, brought to a standard (normalized) and more. Any custom rule can be added using scripting language.
• Verification
  Verification is intended for manual check of the correctness of the recognized data and structure of documents as well as for manual data entry of some information, e.g. unrecognizable text.
  
  To speed up and simplify the verification process, FlexiCapture offers several easy-to-use and effective verification modes. Verification is an optional step that can be skipped if it is not required, in which case data is automatically exported after recognition.
• Export
  Extracted data and document images can be exported to various destinations:
  
  

  • files;
  • external databases (via ODBC);
  • Microsoft SharePoint 2003/2007;
  • any business application, ERP or ECM/DMS system.

  Documents can be also saved as searchable PDF/PDF-A files for archiving purposes.

• Administration and Monitoring
  For managing user's rights and monitoring the performance of the system, FlexiCapture 9.0 offers a web-based Administration and Monitoring Console which enables 24/7 supervision from any location. Rights and roles may be assigned to users, status of batches and event logs may be viewed and reports can be generated.
• Flexible Customization and Integration Tools
  • Scriptable Rules

  Scriptable rules provide ability to apply any actions to document fields: apply validation rules, fill in with some data, normalize etc.

  • Scriptable Export

  Scriptable Export provides ability to create custom export modules that deliver data and images directly to any external application: ECM, CRM, ERP etc.

  • Web Service API

  Flexi?apture Web Service API provides SOAP access to FlexiCapture Processing Server from an external application. By using the API, FlexiCapture can be integrated into various business applications and workflows as an automated document classification and data capture service.
  
  The Web Service API allows loading images from a folder into a pre-configured project and receiving the recognition results in advanced XML format.

ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 offers a powerful set of new, innovative features which dramatically enhance the efficiency of data and document capture processes. The new version is scalable and flexible enough to meet the processing needs of any company from small and midsize businesses to large enterprises and governmental organizations with ever-growing paper document flow.

• Advanced server-based architecture
  New version delivers a powerful, highly scalable Processing Server, which performs automatic distribution of processing tasks between CPUs, and dedicated user-attended stations to ensure high-volume documents processing. It automatically balances the workload between server cores to ensure the best processing performance. The system can be easily expanded by adding supplementary processing cores and/or stations.
• Flexible workflow
  FlexiCapture 9.0 workflow can be easily adjusted to the requirements of your specific business processes. Based on queues, it allows flexible distribution of the processing tasks between users ensuring highly productive document processing. A special Exceptions Queue is intended for questionable documents to be processed by a special operator.
• Web Service API
  FlexiCapture Web Service API provides SOAP access to FlexiCapture Processing Server from an external application allowing smooth integration with various business applications and workflows. By leveraging Web Service API, FlexiCapture can be used as an automated document classification and data capture service.
• Remote document capture
  Remote FlexiCapture 9.0 Scanning Station allows scanning and delivering documents directly to FlexiCapture via HTTP from any remote location. This significantly cuts costs spent on document delivery and storage. This new feature perfectly meets the needs of large enterprises with remote branches and business processes enabling capturing of documents at the point of their entry with further centralized processing.
• New OCR languages
  The new version supports OCR of Chinese (both traditional and simplified), Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese documents and allows fast and accurate processing and verification of documents in the total of 186 OCR languages. With FlexiCapture 9.0, you can also process multilingual documents with mixed ideographic and alphabetical languages (e.g. Chinese and English in one document).
• By-document processing
  By-document processing enables automated export of documents that do not require verification, by separating them from the rest of the batch.
• Multi-level classification
  An intelligent Multi-Level Classifier is introduced in FlexiCapture 9.0. It optimizes the identification of document types in batches with a variety of different documents. With the Classifier, it is possible to assign a Classification tree with unlimited number of logical levels (classes): to separate invoices from contracts, classify invoices by supplier, pick out invoices from a particular supplier by date, etc.
• Multiple export destinations
  FlexiCapture 9.0 supports document export with multiple destinations. This enables export of both data and document images with different export settings and formats to several destinations simultaneously.
• Redaction
  The redaction tool allows removing certain data fields from the image before the export, securing confidential or sensitive data. For each export destination, different sets of fields can be specified for redaction.
• Web-based Administration and Monitoring Console
  For managing users' rights and monitoring the performance of the system, FlexiCapture 9.0 offers a web-based Administration and Monitoring Console which enables round-the-clock supervision from any location.
• Alternative Layouts
  With the enhanced FlexiLayout Studio tool, it is possible to create alternative layouts for one document type. All the alternative layouts share the common set of export blocks but have independent set of search elements with individual logic. This feature radically simplifies creation, adjustment and maintenance of FlexiLayouts for documents with extremely variable location of fields, such as invoices.
• PDF forms creation and distribution
  With FormDesigner 9.0 a user can create electronic PDF forms, distribute them and receive the completed forms via e-mail or HTTP combining paper-based forms processing with electronic form collection.

• System Requirements
  For the proper work of our applications we recommend computers with the following characteristics:
  
  

  1. Intel® CoreT2/2 Quad/Pentium®/Celeron®/XeonT, AMD 6/TurionT/AthlonT/DuronT/SempronT processor or compatible:

  • 2 GHz

  2. Operating system:

  For stations (Standalone or Distributed):	Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP2
  For servers (Distributed):	Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2

  For the program to run with a localized interface, the operating system must provide the required language support.

  3. RAM:

  • 512 Mb for every CPU core; but not less 1 Gb total

  4. Free hard-disk space:

  • Standalone: 1 Gb (including 700 Mb for installation)
  • Distributed (Stations): 1 Gb (including 800 Mb for installation)
  • Distributed (Servers): 50 Mb for installation + 2 Gb for the Database of SQL server

  5. Scanner supporting TWAIN, ISIS or WIA.

  6. Internet connection to activate the serial number when using a software protection key or a USB port for a hardware protection key (dongle).

  7. Video card and display with a minimum resolution of 1024×768.

  8. Keyboard, mouse or other pointing device.

• Supported Scanning Devices
  FlexiCapture supports a wide range of TWAIN-, ISIS- and WIA-enabled scanners.
  
  TWAIN Drivers
  The list of tested TWAIN-drivers and scanners can be found here.
  
  ISIS Drivers
  The list of certified ISIS drivers and scanners can be found here.
• Input Formats

  PDF	Including PDF/A
  BMP	black-and-white, gray, color
  PCX	black-and-white, gray
  PNG	black-and-white, gray, color
  JPEG	gray, color
  JPEG 2000	gray, color
  TIFF	black-and-white - not compressed, CCITT3, CCITT4, Packbits, ZIP; gray - not compressed, Packbits, JPEG, ZIP; color - not compressed, JPEG, ZIP.
  DjVu	black-and-white, gray, color
  DCX	black-and-white, gray

• Recognition Languages
  ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 provides OCR (recognition of machine-printed characters) for more than 180 languages, ICR (recognition of hand-printed characters) for more than 100 languages and dictionary support for more than 40 languages.
  
  

  Language	OCR	ICR	Dictionary
  Natural Languages
  Abkhaz
  Adyghe
  Afrikaans
  Agul
  Albanian
  Altai
  Armenian (Eastern)
  Armenian (Grabar)
  Armenian (Western)
  Avar
  Aymara
  Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)
  Azerbaijani (Latin)
  Bashkir
  Basque
  Belarusian
  Bemba
  Blackfoot
  Breton
  Bugotu
  Bulgarian
  Buryat
  Catalan
  Cebuano
  Chamorro
  Chechen
  Chinese (Simplified)
  Chinese (Traditional)
  Chukchee
  Chuvash
  Corsican
  Crimean Tatar
  Croatian
  Crow
  Czech
  Dakota (Sioux)
  Danish
  Dargwa
  Dungan
  Dutch (Belgium)
  Dutch (Netherlands)
  English
  Eskimo (Cyrillic)
  Eskimo (Latin)
  Estonian
  Even
  Evenki
  Faroese
  Fijian
  Finnish
  French
  Frisian
  Friulian
  Gagauz
  Galician
  Ganda
  German
  German (Luxembourg)
  German (new spelling)
  Greek
  Guarani
  Hani
  Hausa
  Hawaiian
  Hungarian
  Icelandic
  Indonesian
  Ingush
  Irish
  Italian
  Japanese
  Jingpo
  Kabardian
  Kalmyk
  Karachay-balkar
  Karakalpak
  Kasub
  Kawa
  Kazakh
  Khakass
  Khanty
  Kikuyu
  Kirghiz
  Kongo
  Korean
  Koryak
  Kpelle
  Kumyk
  Kurdish
  Lak
  Latin
  Latvian
  Lezgi
  Lithuanian
  Luba
  Macedonian
  Malagasy
  Malay (Malaysian)
  Malinke
  Maltese
  Mansi
  Maori
  Mari
  Maya
  Miao
  Minangkabau
  Mohawk
  Moldavian
  Mongol
  Mordvin
  Nahuatl
  Nenets
  Nivkh
  Nogay
  Norwegian (Bokmal)
  Norwegian (Nynorsk)
  Nyanja
  Ojibway
  OldEnglish
  OldFrench
  OldGerman
  OldItalian
  OldSpanish
  Ossetian
  Papiamento
  Polish
  Portuguese (Brazil)
  Portuguese (Portugal)
  Provencal
  Quechua
  Rhaeto-Romanic
  Romanian
  Romany
  Rundi
  Russian
  Russian (Old Spelling)
  Rwanda
  Sami (Lappish)
  Samoan
  Scottish Gaelic
  Selkup
  Serbian (Cyrillic)
  Serbian (Latin)
  Shona
  Slovak
  Slovenian
  Somali
  Sorbian
  Sotho
  Spanish
  Sunda
  Swahili
  Swazi
  Swedish
  Tabasaran
  Tagalog
  Tahitian
  Tajik
  Tatar
  Thai
  Tok Pisin
  Tongan
  Tswana
  Tun
  Turkish
  Turkmen
  Tuvinian
  Udmurt
  Uigur (Cyrillic)
  Uigur (Latin)
  Ukrainian
  Uzbek (Cyrillic)
  Uzbek (Latin)
  Vietnamese
  Welsh
  Wolof
  Xhosa
  Yakut
  Zapotec
  Zulu
  Artificial Languages
  Esperanto
  Ido
  Interlingua
  Occidental
  Numbers
  Arabic numbers
  Arabic-Indian numbers

  For such fields as Name, Number, Date/Time, Currency and Address FlexiCapture provides a set of pre-defined regional formats and dictionaries.
• Barcode Types

  1D Barcodes

  Code 39

  Check Code 39

  Interleaved 25

  Check Interleaved 25

  EAN 13

  EAN 8

  Code 128

  Codabar

  Code 93

  IATA 25

  UCC-128

  UPC-A

  UPC-E

  Matrix 2 of 5

  Industrial 2 of 5

  PostNet

  Patch code (1, 2, 3, 4, T/Transfer, 6)

  2D Barcodes

  PDF 417

  Aztec

  Datamatrix

• Text Types

  Typographic

  Handprinted

  Typewriter

  Matrix printer

  Index

  OCR-A

  OCR-B

  MICR (E13B)

  MICR (CMC7)

• Export Types and Formats
  FlexiCapture provides export to:
  
  

  • Files
  • SharePoint 2003/2007
  • ODBC-compatible databases
  • any external application by using custom script-modules

  FlexiCapture supports export to following file formats:
  
  Data Output Formats: .XML, .TXT, .XLS, .DBF, .CSV.
  
  Image Output Formats: PDF (Image only, text under image), PDF/A (Image only, text under image), TIFF, JPEG, JPEG2000, PCX, BMP, PNG, DCX.